ecotone
/ˈiːkətəʊn/noun
ecotone is spelled E-C-O-T-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ecotone means “A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ecotone is ecotones.
How many letters and syllables are in ecotone?
| Letters | 7: E-C-O-T-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ecotone?
Ecotone appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ecotone?
- /ˈiːkətəʊn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-ecotone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ecotone
- ecotones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ecotone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ecotone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a region of transition:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ecotone come from?
Combination of eco- (“ecology”) + -tone, from the Greek τόνος (tónos, “tension”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).